UN chief asks wealthy nations to impose windfall taxes on fossil fuel industry

Enlarge United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres had just returned from a visit to flooded Pakistan when he stepped before the UN General Assembly to give a speech on Tuesday. Poverty-stricken regions experiencing the most severe climate change impacts like Pakistan were front-of-mind when he declared, “Today, I am calling on all developed economies to tax […]

Insurers Could See “Windfall Profit” from Tax Cut but Argue against Lower Rates

– Insurance companies in the United States are expected to benefit from a reduced corporate tax rate, which fell to 21 percent from 35 percent on January 1, but that doesn’t mean you should expect a break on car-insurance premiums anytime soon. Like other big businesses, insurers applauded when tax-reform legislation was signed into law near […]

Moonlambos sells Lamborghinis for Bitcoin to help gilded cryptocurrency generation spend its windfall

The crypto currency boom is creating a new gilded generation of super wealthy who were savvy enough to snap up Bitcoin early on. Now these fortunate sons and daughters of the virtual currency age are faced with a gigantic, unsympathetic problem: How to spend their wealth? Enter Moonlambos. The London-based service has connected with autodealers […]

House prices: Homes near THIS soar 40 per cent in value – are YOU set for a windfall?

Recently published research has shown homes near the country’s best state schools have jumped nearly 40 per cent in the past five years. This works out to an average increase of £116,696 in England, far higher than the national average of £51,624, or 22 per cent. Buyer are willing to fork out an average of […]

Martin Lewis – Money Saving Expert reveals the £2000 windfall YOU could be entitled to

Martin explained the scheme, which is for parents of children under four to help with childcare costs. He said: “We’re in the first week of the new tax-free childcare system. This a new Government scheme where parents can open an online account via the Government’s Childcare Choices website and for every 80p they put in […]